TABLE 7: Hires estimated rate and level changes between February 2024 and February 2025, and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted Rates Levels (in thousands) ===== ===================== Estimated Minimum Pass test of Estimated Minimum Pass test of over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance STATE change change* change change* Total U.S. -0.2 0.2 -249 352 Alabama 0.1 0.7 1 13 Alaska -1.1 0.9 YES -4 3 YES Arizona -0.1 0.6 -2 20 Arkansas -0.7 0.7 -10 9 YES California 0.0 0.4 2 70 Colorado -0.4 0.6 -11 18 Connecticut -0.5 0.6 -9 10 Delaware -0.9 0.8 YES -4 4 District of Columbia -1.0 0.9 YES -8 7 YES Florida 0.9 0.5 YES 96 45 YES Georgia -0.9 0.6 YES -40 27 YES Hawaii -0.4 0.8 -2 5 Idaho -0.1 0.8 0 6 Illinois 0.3 0.5 18 30 Indiana 0.3 0.6 8 19 Iowa 0.5 0.6 7 9 Kansas 0.1 0.6 3 9 Kentucky 0.2 0.6 4 13 Louisiana -0.7 0.7 -11 13 Maine -0.4 0.8 -3 5 Maryland -0.8 0.7 YES -20 18 YES Massachusetts 0.1 0.5 0 20 Michigan 0.2 0.5 9 23 Minnesota 0.0 0.5 0 16 Mississippi -0.2 0.7 -3 8 Missouri -0.4 0.6 -14 17 Montana -0.1 0.9 0 4 Nebraska 0.0 0.7 0 7 Nevada -0.2 0.9 -3 13 New Hampshire -0.5 0.8 -3 6 New Jersey -0.1 0.5 -6 21 New Mexico 0.8 0.8 8 7 YES New York 0.4 0.4 47 35 YES North Carolina -1.4 0.6 YES -68 29 YES North Dakota 0.0 0.8 0 3 Ohio -0.6 0.5 YES -32 26 YES Oklahoma -0.9 0.7 YES -15 12 YES Oregon -0.1 0.6 -1 13 Pennsylvania -0.4 0.4 -21 26 Rhode Island -0.7 0.9 -3 4 South Carolina 0.0 0.7 1 15 South Dakota -0.3 0.7 -1 3 Tennessee -1.6 0.7 YES -51 21 YES Texas -0.9 0.4 YES -113 59 YES Utah 0.1 0.7 2 12 Vermont -0.4 0.8 -1 3 Virginia -0.7 0.6 YES -28 25 YES Washington -0.1 0.6 -5 21 West Virginia -0.6 0.8 -4 5 Wisconsin 0.0 0.5 0 16 Wyoming -0.3 0.9 0 3